Parenting – Dr. Jen Hale Christy

When the Mold Doesn’t Fit: Faith, Womanhood, and the Work of Reimagining

Byjenhalechristy April 5, 2025April 5, 2025

When faith no longer fits the mold you were given, it can be both freeing and disorienting. In this reflection, I share a friend’s story of reimagining womanhood, work, and faith after leaving behind a version of church that no longer aligned. It’s a story of grief, growth, and rediscovering purpose—and an invitation to ask: What needs reshaping in your own life?

Mental Health | Parenting

6+1=6

Byjenhalechristy August 18, 2021August 18, 2021

I know I’m not the only woman who has done this – stayed silent in her grief because this is a thing we just don’t really talk about.

Parenting

One Day They’ll Leave. And Have Sex

Byjenhalechristy January 20, 2019January 20, 2019

One day, they’re going to leave. Your kids and mine. They’ll go off to college, a shared apartment, a gap year backpacking in distant countries—whatever it is, one day they’re going to leave. We can’t afford to stay silent about their value and gamble on them figuring it out some other way. We can’t afford to withhold affection or kind words. We have to tell them and show them. TODAY.